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Wireless
Committee Working to Improve Communication For First Responders
September
3, 2003
When
the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee (KWIEC)
convenes for their first meeting on September 29, they will be
guided by one single vision - to make sure no life is lost in
Kentucky because public safety personnel cannot talk to one another
at the scene of an emergency.
The committee
formed as a result of the passage of HB-309 during the 2003 General
Assembly. They will advise and make recommendations to the Chief
Information Officer of the Commonwealth, Aldona Valicenti, regarding
strategic wireless initiatives to achieve public safety voice
and data communications interoperability. 
One of the
objectives of the executive committee will be to break down those
communication barriers to allow for increased efficiency and response
time for municipal and county government, police, fire, sheriff,
EMS, and 911 dispatch. Some state and local offices represented
on the committee include:
- Governor's
Office for Technology
- Kentucky
Educational Television
- Transportation
Cabinet
- Justice
Cabinet
- Kentucky
State Police
- Department
of Fish and Wildlife
- Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet
- Department
of Emergency Services
- Department
of Military Affairs
- Local
Law Enforcement including Police and Sheriff Departments
- Local
Fire Departments
- Local
EMS and 911 Representatives
For more information
on the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee,
contact Ken Mitchell at (502) 564-5510 or at Ken.Mitchell@mail.state.ky.us
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